Improvement in seeding-machines



A. R. PARK.

Seed-Dropper.

Patented Sept. 4. 1860,

i UNIT D STA ES PATENT, OFFICE."

A. R; BARK, OF COLUMBIA, TEXAS.

tMPRoVEMEN msEE'olNc-MAcHiN-es.

' Specification forming'part o thLetters Patent Nd. 29,907, datedSeptember.4,"1860 To all whom it mag concern: l Be i't-known that/ 1, R.PARK, of Columj-. bia, in the county of Brazoria and State of Texas,have' inyentedz'a new and Improved Seed-Planter; and- I (10'hereby-declare that the following is a full; clear, and 'exactdescription thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,making part of this specification, in,-'whic Figure 1. is atop iew oftheseed-hopper and seed-distributing devices;v Fig. 2 ,-is a longitudinalmiddle section j taken vverticallylt consists inarranging inthebottomjof ajseed-hoppe'r which *is furnishedlwith areciprocatingyielding slide or-agitator for the ,seed' in the hopper a.shaft halving c lind rical.

headson each Qlidgthfib are provided with seedcells, jwhich-heads areconnected together by strips-0f metal running spirally around theshat't,ithat form long channels which conduct seed-from the hopper anddeposit it; into, theground, as will be hereinafter described andrepresented.

'1o enable those skilled n the art to fully understand my invention," Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation,

A is a. 'frame 'supportingthe seed-distr'ibut. ifig devices, to one endof which 'is joiiited the seed-hopper A by suitable arms, a a, whichconfine the movable parts in, place b is a pin thatlocks the hopperdownon the frame A. 'JJhis-fr'ame and hopper are mounted on suitablewheels, and furnished with plows (not shown) for opening the ground and,preparing it for the reception of the seed. The back of the seed-hopperisinclined, and in the bottom is placed a shaft, 0, extending trans.verselyacrossthe machine, whichshaft is to be rotated by abelt passingaround the hub of'one of the driving-wheels, or in any other ,suitableway. This shaft has two cylindrical drums, c on'i't, placed at each end,inside of the hopper, 'whichdrnnns have seed-cups .d d

in them for dropping seedfro'm the hopper either in drillsor :in hills.Between jthes'e drums '0 0, andQextendin'g from one to the other, arespiral'stri'ps e e, of a suitable width 1 to form deep channels fordistributing cotton;-

seedor other varieties of seed broadcast. In' frontof thisdistributing-cylinder is an apron,

D, which is heldup by a spring, E, and which I is made toslidel'aterallywr in a direction withits length,.-by.a vibrating lever,G, which is, operated adrum on the distrihuter-sh aft, G. v This.apron-='D. will yield sufficiently to allow sticks, muss, &c.,;th'a1tj aremixed with .the- 'seed to e'seape.-.freely without injnry'to the nia-'"chine. Besides, the rapid motion given to itivi-llf assist, inagitating-the seed .in the box. The spring B will insure the return ofthe apron to its. placeaftecbeing depressed by the passage of foreignsubstances. .l

. Now, inplanting c'orn withthis machine the channels between the'drum'scps'hould beicoy-L- 'ered-withascreen, as' shown in red lines,- ig-2,'leaying the-seed'Qciips in the 'drurn'sopen to. receive anddischargerthe grains 'olizlcorn; 'as-. the shaft 0 is rotated, -Themachine. will now Y plant in two rows atonetime. jflhen bycoin ering'oneof, the drums 0 up the corn will be planted in. one rowonly; or, agaimhyplaciiiga partition "in theh'opper,-separating.one'of the fdrumsfrom-the long channels, both cottonseed and corn naybe planteil attheisatne time. Theqnantity plan-ted iseasily regnlated by coveringmorcorless ofitheplajntingwheel with the screens; H'avlug-.tl'nis describedmy invention, what- 1 claimas'new, and desire to secure hyLetter's JPatent, is-j- Aroteryseetimstrioutereomposedofdrums 'c c' and'10ngitndinai'spiral strips 5 e'j fordis tributing diifeient kinds ofseemfin combination with the reciprocating. yielding apron D and a seedhop'pcr, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.-

Witnesses: Q

WrF. SWAIN, THOMAS BROOKS.

A. .R, PARK, I

